That WC-135 is a very old friend, we had it at Mildenhall for a while as a trainer for the EC-135 crews, went to McClelland to pick it up and got to spend an hour in the copilot seat coming back over Canada on the way back.
thank you so much for the time spent recording this. I have been watching these on flight radar and I do not claim to know anything about military aircraft so have had to google search each one and what their purpose is. To be able to see them flying though gives a whole different perspective than just the photos provided on google. I appreciate all the time stamps too!
You look at the tail numbers and some of these fantastic planes are more than 60 years old! Its unreal to think that the first crew on these planes are now all likely gone. The last ones to crew these planes are not yet born!
Nice stuff!! I get to see a lot of these over Poland in the recent months. Even got an air-to-air refueling spot over my town so "Lagr's", "Nachos" and "Juicy" are almost daily here :D Saw the Rivet Joint as well but still looking out for the Awacs. He always flies a bit too far to the north from where I live hehe :) Cheers!
I used to live near Chicago's O'Hare airport. Seeing the planes flying directly overhead was a daily ritual. I got to be able to tell the difference between a 727,707,747. I also remember in Orlando Airforce One flew directly over our house about the same height as those KC135's. Whoo, it shook the house.
@@davidb6576 It flies around collecting air samples. It will then be able to detect and ID and radiological particles in the air. I can only assume that both the RJ and Sniffer are in Mildenhall to help out and do ISR to assist Ukraine.
@@davidb6576 Hopefully not, on the Sniffer's sake. I wonder if the Rj was flying around when Ukraine hit the pride of the Russian fleet in the black sea.
Great video of heavy iron at Mildenhall. My only concern--where is the E-8C JSTARS? This would complete the Iron Triad (not metals but Air Force aircraft--LOL!!) Loved the two RC-135 variants, the E-3C and the KC-135 and KC-10. I had many opportunities to refuel behind each during many deployments in support OIF/OEF over a 20-year period. I would call Mildenhall the gateway to the East. I had the opportunity to land there only once during my career--taking an E-3 over on a tail-swap to the desert. We usually air-refueled three times from the states straight to the desert on a tail-swap, stopping on the ground only to refuel if one of the tanker refuelings cancelled for a variety of reasons. That happened on occasion. Regardless--great memories and such an experience. By the way--loved the footage of the C-130J and Osprey as well as the fighters. Cheers--"Tipper" Gore
...cool a KC-125R from the 128th refuelling wing in Wisconsin ANG at 04:18. Grew up in Milwaukee where they're based. Back then they still had KC-97Ls with the two J47s on the outboard of each wing
Nice! This scene and sound represent my grade school daily life growing up on final approach to Carswell AFB. Daily dish rattling, B-52, KC135, and AWACS buzzing the house at 1200 feet.
I was born just a stone’s throw away at RAF Lakenheath, and spent the lion’s share of my childhood at Offutt AFB watching the ACC 55th Wing EC/WC/RC-135s and E-4B NEACP flying around. Nice to see the WC and RC platforms still flying, albeit with quieter engines 😎
Good old Mildenhall.. Miss Rotation back in the 80's from Pope AFB to Bravo Squadron at Mildenhall and all points east.. Watching the U-2's and SR-71s take off and land.. C-130s FTW...
Its a more interesting video than you think, before they were using a couple of surveillance aircraft, Generally in East Poland and East Romania, backed up with a couple of carriers flagged up as NATO , seems they have upped more assets in the sky now, General Pattern is Mildenhall does the day light flights, while now, UASF are doing night surveillance out of Germany, East Poland and the Greek Islands, but they have certainly increased air presence since last month, so is it, more concern or they were caught napping and moved more assets into Europe including Mildenhall, there was a drop in sorties a few weeks back as the Russia' move back east and abandon the attempts on Kiev, but this has increased dramatically, its interesting they are only using Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawks in the south Black sea.
@@Butterkiller. I'm spotting a bit now and there are cool planes like C-5 Galaxy over Czechia and even Kawasaki C-2 of the Japanese Air Self Defense at Rzeszow airport.
I grew up with the Canadian Forces 707s. Back and forth between Trenton Ontario and Lahr Germany many times. Numbers 701 thru 705, remember them all. 🥳
That jet at 05:10 ish has so many of antenna and very a stronged nose cone. It must be a command and controls jet or may be a ground search air craft as it haves side bisters for more antennas. And the roof is a whole line of antennas too.
@@danno7466 Thank you. You are right and I was right in my guess. It is a RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance Air Craft ! After did you write it I did looked up it and they haved detail pictures of it and it says: The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft supports theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities. The aircraft is an extensively modified C-135. I wonder if it will be going out to around Poland and the Black Sea.
@@iancarlson5511 Yes, they are replacing the runway, and repairing about half a Billion in flood damage to the SE area of the base. Currently, they're using Linoln airport untill at least the runway is complete. May get a new E4B by the time it's finished?
Huh. I'm a little surprised that they never re-engined that EC-135 like they did with the rest of the KC-135 fleet. Still has the old PW JT-3/TF33 engines.
There is so much wrong with the USA. BUT the USA has been the world’s best hope for decades, as shown by both having the ability and the commitm nt to deploy these assets.
Superb video, I went past the West Row side of the airfield on Friday and see loads of people and cars in the field, can anyone view from there or is it private ?
I hope so. I was born in Mildenhall and now live in north Wales. Fondly remember the fantastic Mildenhall air shows which attracted 100,000 thousand visitors over the weekend. Sad to see it go.
Does anyone know if 2 of the jets in the final sequence are Saab Grippens? Don’t have usually see those about Mildenhall. Either way they are not US or British aircraft.
That WC-135 is a very old friend, we had it at Mildenhall for a while as a trainer for the EC-135 crews, went to McClelland to pick it up and got to spend an hour in the copilot seat coming back over Canada on the way back.
amazing seeing these old aircraft still flying
Can't beat the sound of those old jet engines
thank you so much for the time spent recording this. I have been watching these on flight radar and I do not claim to know anything about military aircraft so have had to google search each one and what their purpose is. To be able to see them flying though gives a whole different perspective than just the photos provided on google. I appreciate all the time stamps too!
Very welcome!
You look at the tail numbers and some of these fantastic planes are more than 60 years old! Its unreal to think that the first crew on these planes are now all likely gone. The last ones to crew these planes are not yet born!
Noise of freedom. Thank you friends for your commitment. Always come back safely.
Nice stuff!! I get to see a lot of these over Poland in the recent months. Even got an air-to-air refueling spot over my town so "Lagr's", "Nachos" and "Juicy" are almost daily here :D Saw the Rivet Joint as well but still looking out for the Awacs. He always flies a bit too far to the north from where I live hehe :) Cheers!
So much epic variety. Well captured.
Lots of mileage done on this week but well worth it!
@@northoltflightwatch Sometimes it's necessary for it to pay off!
They just keep coming...love it!
I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath with the 48th TAC from 73 to 75. This brought back memories. 'Ta mate.'
Very welcome sir!
My nephew is a flight engineer on an E-6 Mercury. VQ-3. He is living my dream!
Great video.
I used to live near Chicago's O'Hare airport. Seeing the planes flying directly overhead was a daily ritual.
I got to be able to tell the difference between a 727,707,747.
I also remember in Orlando Airforce One flew directly over our house about the same height as those KC135's. Whoo, it shook the house.
good set
Awesome video, I love the scream of those P&W TF33 engines on the WC-135 & E3.
Some great action there. Nicely done
Send this video to Putin :)
B.707 based airframe my favorite... plenty of them.
Am I right in noticing the second herc was a gunship variant , could see what appeared to be a gun barrel sticking out
Busy, Busy!! Stationed at Mildenhall for 7 years back in the 1990's with the 352nd. Best assignment ever.
A pleasure to watch. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love that loud jet noise of the WC 135!
I used to work on 2667! The Sniffer! And 4139, the RJ! Thanks for bringing back those memories!
What can you tell us (in a general way) about the "Sniffer"? Interesting aircraft, never saw it before.
@@davidb6576 It flies around collecting air samples. It will then be able to detect and ID and radiological particles in the air. I can only assume that both the RJ and Sniffer are in Mildenhall to help out and do ISR to assist Ukraine.
@@davidb6576 you can also see her (now retired) sister aircraft on my page
@@brandon7219 That was my thought too - if putin is as mad as we think, it may unfortunately be needed...
@@davidb6576 Hopefully not, on the Sniffer's sake. I wonder if the Rj was flying around when Ukraine hit the pride of the Russian fleet in the black sea.
KC-10 Nacho looks very cool. Tri Engines always look cool
Great variety of aircraft, really enjoyed viewing, thanks.
Wonderful Footage! The Osprey flying about without incident borders on the miraculous,as well...Cheers and Thanks!😀🎸✈
Those early incidents happened a very long time ago. Probably time to move on
@@stevencramsie9172 You're right,sir...I'll just take a pass based on being an old fart having a senior moment...Peace and Blessings to you!😀✈🎸
This is sick. Where I plane spot we get military once in a blue moon. It's awesome to see so many. Lovely captures
i get to watch the B2 Spirit fly over all the time. We even have one of the pilots live up the street. Good video, thanks!
Absolutely magnificent Heavy military transport aircraft well some are pretty unique especially the AC-130J Ghostrider 😎🤩
Solid good action here. Thanks for the video.
That would drive me insane if i live in that house right at the path of the planes
Great video of heavy iron at Mildenhall. My only concern--where is the E-8C JSTARS? This would complete the Iron Triad (not metals but Air Force aircraft--LOL!!) Loved the two RC-135 variants, the E-3C and the KC-135 and KC-10. I had many opportunities to refuel behind each during many deployments in support OIF/OEF over a 20-year period. I would call Mildenhall the gateway to the East. I had the opportunity to land there only once during my career--taking an E-3 over on a tail-swap to the desert. We usually air-refueled three times from the states straight to the desert on a tail-swap, stopping on the ground only to refuel if one of the tanker refuelings cancelled for a variety of reasons. That happened on occasion. Regardless--great memories and such an experience. By the way--loved the footage of the C-130J and Osprey as well as the fighters. Cheers--"Tipper" Gore
Correction--we would usually air refuel--twice!
Thanks for the comment, the E-8s are rarely seen here at the moment !
Thanks for capturing these - nice to see our cousins have arrived.
...cool a KC-125R from the 128th refuelling wing in Wisconsin ANG at 04:18. Grew up in Milwaukee where they're based. Back then they still had KC-97Ls with the two J47s on the outboard of each wing
Nice! This scene and sound represent my grade school daily life growing up on final approach to Carswell AFB. Daily dish rattling, B-52, KC135, and AWACS buzzing the house at 1200 feet.
Those old Pratt's sound great.
I was born just a stone’s throw away at RAF Lakenheath, and spent the lion’s share of my childhood at Offutt AFB watching the ACC 55th Wing EC/WC/RC-135s and E-4B NEACP flying around. Nice to see the WC and RC platforms still flying, albeit with quieter engines 😎
Какая хорошая база! Какая концентрация воздушных шпионов! Хорошая цель для "Калибров"! Чтобы: "Бац"! - и больше ни одна гадина не поднялась в небо!
I live an hour away from lakenheath base and love watching planes coming in
Good old Mildenhall.. Miss Rotation back in the 80's from Pope AFB to Bravo Squadron at Mildenhall and all points east.. Watching the U-2's and SR-71s take off and land.. C-130s FTW...
It's crazy to think it's been almost a decade since I moved away from Mildenhall.
Thanks for the video. Very well done! Subscribed👍
Good to see the U. S. Airforce! My uncle is a Vietnam Vet who was in the U.S. Airforce! The air presence that my USA has makes me so proud!
USA, the world's number one terrorist regime.
Well America got its ass handed back in Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan, oh and the bay of pigs invasion, hahahaha
Rivet joint and AWACS have the same last three for the tail number.
Its a more interesting video than you think, before they were using a couple of surveillance aircraft, Generally in East Poland and East Romania, backed up with a couple of carriers flagged up as NATO , seems they have upped more assets in the sky now, General Pattern is Mildenhall does the day light flights, while now, UASF are doing night surveillance out of Germany, East Poland and the Greek Islands, but they have certainly increased air presence since last month, so is it, more concern or they were caught napping and moved more assets into Europe including Mildenhall, there was a drop in sorties a few weeks back as the Russia' move back east and abandon the attempts on Kiev, but this has increased dramatically, its interesting they are only using Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawks in the south Black sea.
On Friday I noticed that the Forte 10 was back over the Black Sea and Rivet Joint flew even closer to Crimea.
Sometimes we can see RQ4 above east/north east Poland aswel.
@@tomaszbuczek7901 cool. I'm in Slovakia and over the weekend I saw/heard the AN-124 flying from Rzeszow.
Cool, last night was quite a few birds out there
@@Butterkiller. I'm spotting a bit now and there are cool planes like C-5 Galaxy over Czechia and even Kawasaki C-2 of the Japanese Air Self Defense at Rzeszow airport.
Great post , proper jets with noise n smoke JT3D 🤗
Great variety of aircrafts ✈✈💖💖
Awesome video!!
Nice targets. Can't wait.
GREAT SHOTS! 🇺🇸🇬🇧
I grew up with the Canadian Forces 707s. Back and forth between Trenton Ontario and Lahr Germany many times. Numbers 701 thru 705, remember them all.
🥳
fanatstic footage great to see JT3-D engined WC-135W's
Glad I got to film it, as it left service shortly after!
Fantastic capture 😀 Amazing shot of E-3 😀 very nice 👏 Greetings from Japan 😀
Thanks and greetings from England 😀
Great video! Thank you very much! Wonder what they are all here for😊👍
You've recorded almost all of planes that fly over my house here in eastern Poland. Only missing are Chinook, Rivet Joint and Black Hawk.
I think the rivet joint was the one landing 5 mins into the video
RC-135 at 4:57 ;)
@@northoltflightwatch ahh yes, you're right. Thanks!
@@richiehale1545 Yup, you're right bro. I did not recognize it
Quiet jet!
Great video 👍👍👍👍
That jet at 05:10 ish has so many of antenna and very a stronged nose cone. It must be a command and controls jet or may be a ground search air craft as it haves side bisters for more antennas. And the roof is a whole line of antennas too.
RC135
@@danno7466
Thank you. You are right and I was right in my guess. It is a RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance Air Craft ! After did you write it I did looked up it and they haved detail pictures of it and it says: The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft supports theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities. The aircraft is an extensively modified C-135. I wonder if it will be going out to around Poland and the Black Sea.
Great shots of the KC135s good to see the Mad Dog three holers still airborne!
The OF tails are from Offutt AFB here in Nebraska.
Do you know if they are still fixing the runway at offut?
@@iancarlson5511 Yes, they are replacing the runway, and repairing about half a Billion in flood damage to the SE area of the base. Currently, they're using Linoln airport untill at least the runway is complete. May get a new E4B by the time it's finished?
I love the Ospreys! Never seen one live in action, sadly :(
Me too. I saw a pair of Osprey's fly overhead about a month ago. Amazing sight and thunderous noise!
Used to get kc135 at manston occasionally back in the 198os and 1990s
Great footage
Thank you for your service!
And thank you for this interesting video.
Think one of the tankers(kc-135) was from Wisconsin!!
Damn right, I have a video of that one taking off too
Spent 3 years watching my Dad stand alert there. Those planes look a lot like Silk Purse. Looking Glass would fly in every once in awhile.
God bless America !
Love it amazing
Thanks!
That WC-135 really put a show on for you!
It really did, sounded awesome!
@@northoltflightwatch lucky you!
Those dassults and F15s were wicked
Did it do a barrel roll which I missed?
Awesome!
Great title!
Huh. I'm a little surprised that they never re-engined that EC-135 like they did with the rest of the KC-135 fleet. Still has the old PW JT-3/TF33 engines.
I was thinking the same, I was a crew chief on an EC135A, but did preflights on the C model with Tf33s , and later on to the R model with the CFM 56.
Oh my dearest friends! 🥰 I can see them every day over my house in Poland. Sometimes when I'm lucky I can even see the fighter jets.
🥰Nagyon szuper, köszi🧡👍
Great post.
Great video!
Wisconsin! Go Badgers!
Modified 707,s love them 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
This jet has the same engine powerplant much like the B-52 does.
Thought I recognised the sound
There is so much wrong with the USA. BUT the USA has been the world’s best hope for decades, as shown by both having the ability and the commitm nt to deploy these assets.
No other country in the world has caused so much death and destruction as the USA has in the last 60 years no one comes close .
Rivet Joint!
Just Awesome
Can't believe this planes still flying
Nice video!! Top:)
Was this a special event or are these things coming in and out daily???
Frequently 🙂
Amazing machine
Super cool but could you add the plane names in the corner of the screen
Superb video, I went past the West Row side of the airfield on Friday and see loads of people and cars in the field, can anyone view from there or is it private ?
One field has a £1 entry free and the other closest to the main road is free, anyone can view in either field though. Hope that helps!
how did you see an AC-130?
มันมีทั้งข้อดีและข้อเสีย
ที่... คุณมีบ้านอยู่ใกล้..
สนามบิน...
แต่ที่จะไปก่อน.. คือ.. 👂
ถึงจะรัก✈️... ก้อคงไม่ทน
Damn! Heavy Metal is right
Heavy Weights
A lot of Black smoke from the engines and then U.S.A complain about fire in Amazônia. Best regards from Brazil !
Is this all in 1 single day?
Highlights from a few days
Why don't they switch out the jet engines from the E-3G? Surely they can put more economical engines.
I wonder if the current situation has made the US rethink the planned closure of Mildenhall.
I hope so. I was born in Mildenhall and now live in north Wales. Fondly remember the fantastic Mildenhall air shows which attracted 100,000 thousand visitors over the weekend. Sad to see it go.
와 707!
Nice 👍
Very good stuff! Where are you spotting these at?
That Boeing E-3 Sentry landing bit rough
Does anyone know if 2 of the jets in the final sequence are Saab Grippens? Don’t have usually see those about Mildenhall. Either way they are not US or British aircraft.
They are Rafales of the French Air Force
But KC 135 ?
The nose of the AWACS plane looks really weird, never seen a nose like that on any aircraft